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US 2016/0356064 A1Published application
Security device with reusable base member
AssigneeSouthern Imperial, Inc.
InventorsBrent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Chan Chor Man
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Abstract
A security device and its associate base are provided. The base includes a cable having a free end which is routed through the base and around an item of retail merchandise. When tension is applied to the cable, the base actuates a depressible button of an anti-theft component of the security device mounted to the base.
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A security device, comprising:
- an anti-theft component including a depressible button thereon;
- a base configured to receive the anti-theft component, the base including a cable having a free end, the cable adapted to be routed through base and tensioned around an item of retail merchandise such that the free end of the cable extends outwardly from the base;
- wherein the base is configured to depress the depressible button of the anti-theft component when the cable is tensioned around the item of retail merchandise.
A base for a security device, comprising:
- a cover member and a base plate;
- a rocker arm rotatably mounted between the cover member and the base plate;
- a cable having an end held by the base plate, and a free end routed through the cover and base plate, the cable arranged to exert a downward force on a portion of the rocker arm when in a tensioned state;
- and
- wherein a post of the rocker arm extends through an aperture formed in the cover member when the cable exerts the downward force on the portion of the rocker arm.
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A method for securing an item of retail merchandise, comprising:
- installing an anti-theft component onto a base;
- routing a free end of a cable through the base;
- wrapping the free end of the cable around an item of merchandise;
- routing the free end of the cable back through the base after the step of wrapping the free end of the cable around the item of retail merchandise;
- and
- tensioning the cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.